Supply the burning issue for medical marijuana

The campaign to legalise marijuana for medical use is gaining momentum

Margaret Burin (ABC North Coast)

The chairwoman of a parliamentary committee that's recommending the legalisation of marijuana for medical use says supply remains a stumbling block.

If the committee's recommendations were adopted, people with AIDs or a terminal illness would be allowed to posses 15 grams of cannabis for medicinal use.

But the person who sells them the drug could still be charged.

Nationals' MP Sarah Mitchell says it's an issue the inquiry didn't have time to address.

"The supply issue and where they buy it is the really tricky part," she said.

"We've made a recommendation that the government needs to look more closely at that area, because we couldn't find a way in our timeframe to come up with a way to legally purchase the cannabis without being in contradiction of not only state laws, but potentially federal and international treaty obligations as well."